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commita8be2c42e3028b7a68ad6f993dfdd44054bdad39[log] [tgz]
authorFrançois Degros <[email protected]>Tue Oct 01 12:06:42 2019 +1000
committerFrançois Degros <[email protected]>Thu Oct 17 16:32:51 2019 +1100
treed130fb6b2b27fe9efc4b6a701453b6aa3e0de7c7
parent47e63358c05accc13dd37e604ae9c990eb2b7608 [diff]
Close original pipe end after dup2 in child process

This avoids "leaking" duplicated file descriptors in the child process.

This also allows the child process to signal the end of its processing
by closing its stdout and stderr. This can now be reliably detected by
the parent process, if needed.

Bug: chromium:1009857
Test: Unit tests pass
Change-Id: Ie1cd4ff9e95f18e423df007f88bfff34456346f3
5 files changed
tree: d130fb6b2b27fe9efc4b6a701453b6aa3e0de7c7
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  11. CleanSpec.mk
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  13. CPPLINT.cfg
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  22. get_googletest.sh
  23. HACKING.md
  24. libconstants.h
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  28. libminijail.pc.in
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  32. LICENSE
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  40. MODULE_LICENSE_BSD
  41. navbar.md
  42. NOTICE
  43. OWNERS
  44. parse_seccomp_policy.cc
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  48. README.md
  49. RELEASE.md
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README.md

Minijail

The Minijail homepage and main repo is https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/minijail/.

There might be other copies floating around, but this is the official one!

What is it?

Minijail is a sandboxing and containment tool used in Chrome OS and Android. It provides an executable that can be used to launch and sandbox other programs, and a library that can be used by code to sandbox itself.

Getting the code

You're one git clone away from happiness.

$ git clone https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/minijail
$ cd minijail

Releases are tagged as linux-vXX: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/minijail/+refs

Building

See the HACKING.md document for more details.

Release process

See the RELEASE.md document for more details.

Contact

We've got a couple of contact points.

Talks and presentations

The following talk serves as a good introduction to Minijail and how it can be used.

Video, slides.

Example usage

The Chromium OS project has a comprehensive sandboxing document that is largely based on Minijail.

After you play with the simple examples below, you should check that out.

Change root to any user

# id
uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root),128(pkcs11)
# minijail0 -u jorgelo -g 5000 /usr/bin/id
uid=72178(jorgelo) gid=5000(eng) groups=5000(eng)

Drop root while keeping some capabilities

# minijail0 -u jorgelo -c 3000 -- /bin/cat /proc/self/status
Name: cat
...
CapInh: 0000000000003000
CapPrm: 0000000000003000
CapEff: 0000000000003000
CapBnd: 0000000000003000